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The Yata no Kagami represents "wisdom" or "honesty," depending on the source. [2] Its name literally means "The Eight Ata Mirror," a reference to its size. [3] [4] Mirrors in ancient Japan represented truth because they merely reflected what was shown, and were objects of mystique and reverence (being uncommon items).
Great Eastern, launched on 31 January 1858 (a full 40 years ahead of any comparable ships), was the only ocean liner to sport five funnels. As one funnel was later removed in 1865, [4] Great Eastern, by default, became the first ocean liner to have four funnels. However, she was converted to a cable-laying vessel not long afterwards and never ...
A first version of the book was allegedly completed in the year 947 AD and the author spent most of his life adding and editing the work. [1]The first European version of The Meadows of Gold was published in both French and Arabic between 1861 and 1877 by the Societe Asiatique of Paris by Barbier de Meynard and Pavet de Courteille.
Starting 800 years ago, these cultures experimented with alloying copper, gold, and silver. Nearly all examples of metalworking from this region are ornamental prestige pieces. All iron artifacts were prestige objects that were cold-worked from meteoric iron and were formed into mirrors, beads, hammers, and possibly magnetic compasses.
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If confirmed, this would make it the earliest surviving example of a codex, that is, a bound book; however, some argue that this only applies to folded sheets. [ 5 ] The artefact is said to have been discovered in either 1943 or 1955 in the area of the Struma river in Bulgaria .
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